 PHOTO/Stock image. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - Two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder were filed April 19 against a man who is accused of killing his ex-wife and possibly killing another woman and wounding a man in Azusa.
Miguel Angel Prieto, 43, was found in a Long Beach McDonald’s hours after allegedly pulling the trigger in the killing of his ex-wife in an apartment in the 1300 block of West San Bernardino Road April 11. During a subsequent investigation after Prieto’s arrest, Covina detectives established a connection to the February 9 double shooting in Azusa, Covina Police said in a written statement. Rocio Sandoval, a 38-year-old Rancho Cucamonga woman, was shot along with a male companion while they sat in a vehicle in the 1500 block of West McKinley Avenue Friday, February 9. The male victim was hospitalized in serious condition, but has since left the hospital, according to Lt. Joe Mendoza of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau. Sandoval died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The victim, 42-year-old Maria Perez, was found by responding Covina officers inside her apartment, 1300 block of West San Bernardino Road around 2:45 p.m. April 11, suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics attempted to resuscitate her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene, Covina Police said. Prieto was on probation from an assault with a deadly weapon arrest in 2015 at the same apartment unit where his ex-wife was found shot to death, Covina Police said. Task force detectives from the Azusa Police Department, as well as members of the Task Force for Regional Auto Theft and Prevention aided Covina detectives in locating and apprehending Prieto. Prieto is being held without bail in the Los Angeles County Men’s Jail. |
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